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Reptiles of Tyson
Reptiles known to occur at Washington University's Tyson Research Center, St. Louis
County, Missouri. List prepared by Owen J. Sexton, September 24, 1999. List updated April 10, 2007 Click on underlined links below for photos. Order:Testudines - Turtles.....Family: Chelydridae - Snapping Turtles ..........Chelydra serpentina serpentina Common Snapping Turtle .....Family: Kinosternidae - Mud and Musk Turtles ..........Sternotherus odoratus Common Musk Turtle .....Family: Emydidae - Basking, Marsh & Box Turtles ..........Chrysemys picta belli Western Painted Turtle ..........Graptemys pseudogeographica pseudogeographica False Map Turtle ..........Terrapene carolina triunguis Three-toed Box Turtle ..........Terrapene ornata Ornate Box Turtle ..........Trachemys scripta elegans Red-eared Slider Order:Squamata - Lizards and Snakes Suborder: Lacertilia - Lizards .....Family: Iguanidae [subfamily Crotaphytinae] ..........Crotaphytus collaris collaris Eastern Collard Lizard .....Family: Iguanidae [subfam. Phrynosomatinae] -Horned Lizards, Fence Lizards ..........Sceloporus undulatus hyacinthinus Northern Fence Lizard .....Family: Scincidae - Skinks ..........Eumeces anthracinus pluvialis Southern Coal Skink ..........Eumeces fasciatus Five-lined Skink ..........Eumeces laticeps Broadhead Skink ..........Scincella lateralis Ground Skink .....Family: Teiidae - Racerunners and Whiptail Lizards ..........Cnemidophorus sexlineatus sexlineatus Six-lined Racerunner .....Family: Anguidae - Glass Lizards ..........Ophisaurus attenuatus attenuatus Western Slender Glass Lizard Suborder: Serpentes - Snakes .....Family: Colubridae ..........Carphophis amoenus vermis Midwestern Worm Snake ..........Coluber constrictor "Yellowbelly" Racer ..........Diadophis punctatus arnyi Prairie Ringneck Snake ..........Elaphe obsoleta obsoleta Black Rat Snake ..........Heterodon platirhinos Eastern Hognose Snake ..........Lampropeltis calligaster calligaster Prairie Kingsnake ..........Lampropeltis getula holbrooki Speckled Kingsnake ..........Lampropeltis triangulum syspila Red Milk Snake ..........Nerodia sipedon sipedon Northern Water Snake ..........Opheodrys aestivus Rough Green Snake ..........Pituophis catenifer sayi Bullsnake ..........Regina grahamii Graham's Crayfish Snake ..........Storeria dekayi wrightorum Midland Brown Snake ..........Storeria occipitomaculata occipitomaculata Northern Redbelly Snake ..........Tantilla gracilis Flathead Snake ..........Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis Eastern Garter Snake ..........Virginia valeriae elegans Western Earth Snake .....Family: Viperidae - Vipers and Pit Vipers .....Subfamily: Crotalinae - Pit Vipers ..........Agkistrodon contortrix phaeogaster Osage Copperhead ..........Crotalus horridus Timber Rattlesnake |
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